Thursday June 10, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League pitching statistics through games of Thursday, June 10, 1976

   Club          W   L   ERA   G   CG  SV   IP     H    R    ER   HR   BB   SO
New York        27  31  3.07   58  18   8   518   465  206  177   35  171  348
Philadelphia    36  15  3.37   51  17  12   459   454  189  172   32  121  277
Cincinnati      35  20  3.43   55  12  12   494   461  205  188   33  169  261
St. Louis       23  31  3.54   54   9   8   500   497  225  197   34  202  233
San Diego       29  24  3.57   53  16   6   476   445  219  189   31  159  199
San Francisco   22  35  3.67   57   5  10   523   544  271  213   24  191  252
Pittsburgh      29  25  3.73   54  16  13   492   467  230  204   45  153  255
Houston         29  29  3.75   58   7  17   521   502  253  217   29  286  265
Atlanta         22  31  3.81   53   8   9   471   461  232  199   27  179  286
Los Angeles     32  25  3.89   57  13  10   523   536  241  226   41  179  272
Montreal        19  29  4.03   48   3   8   433   403  223  194   36  221  234
Chicago         23  31  4.52   54   3  14   491   542  284  247   53  179  239

 League Leaders        W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry (CIN)       5   1  1.33  14   7   2   0   1   68   48   15   10    1   23   51
Randy Jones (SD)      11   2  2.26  14  14  10   0   2  115   95   36   29    6   15   37
Jon Matlack (NY)       7   1  2.41  13  13   8   0   3  101   78   31   27   10   26   59
Jim Lonborg (PHI)      8   2  2.59  12  11   5   1   1   83   78   27   24    5   19   44
A. Messersmith (ATL)   4   5  2.66  13  12   4   1   3   88   59   30   26    4   32   63
Doug Rau (LA)          5   3  2.73  12  12   2   0   1   82   84   26   25    5   26   32
L. Christenson (PHI)   7   2  2.77  11  10   2   0   0   65   66   22   20    4   19   24
Gary Nolan (CIN)       5   3  2.77  13  13   3   0   1   91   71   28   28    9   15   43
Jim Barr (SF)          4   4  2.90  13  13   1   0   0   84   90   35   27    3   18   27
John Montefusco (SF)   6   5  2.92  13  13   2   0   2   89   77   31   29    3   30   63

 Atlanta               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Mike Beard             0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Max Leon               1   2  0.61  12   0   0   1   0   15    7    5    1    1    6    8
Bruce Dal Canton       1   1  2.31  16   0   0   0   0   23   17   11    6    0   18   12
Andy Messersmith       4   5  2.66  13  12   4   1   3   88   59   30   26    4   32   63
Adrian Devine          1   1  2.96  18   0   0   1   0   24   22    9    8    0    8   22
Dick Ruthven           6   6  3.20  12  12   2   0   1   76   73   27   27    5   27   50
Phil Niekro            4   4  3.60  12  12   1   0   0   85   77   39   34    6   33   58
Roger Moret            2   1  4.73  20   5   1   1   0   46   50   25   24    4   11   19
Carl Morton            0   5  5.40  13  12   0   0   0   65   88   47   39    4   26   19
Elias Sosa             3   4  6.44  18   0   0   3   0   29   38   25   21    3    9   27
Pablo Torrealba        0   2  6.50  12   0   0   2   0   18   29   14   13    0    8    8

 Chicago               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Steve Stone            0   0  0.00   1   1   0   0   0    2    0    0    0    0    0    0
Joe Coleman            0   1  1.50   1   1   0   0   0    6    2    1    1    0    2    6
Bruce Sutter           0   1  1.98  10   0   0   2   0   14    9    3    3    0    5    4
Ken Frailing           1   2  2.41   6   3   0   0   0   19   20    7    5    0    5   10
Bill Bonham            4   3  3.09   9   9   1   0   0   64   64   25   22    3   32   32
Darold Knowles         2   1  3.21  18   0   0   5   0   28   25   11   10    4   10   12
Oscar Zamora           3   1  3.26  23   1   0   3   0   39   35   16   14    5    8   19
Buddy Schultz          1   1  3.71  19   0   0   2   0   17   20   10    7    1    6   10
Ray Burris             2   8  4.24  14  14   0   0   0   81   96   47   38    8   35   29
Rick Reuschel          5   4  4.34  14  13   2   1   0   85   86   50   41    8   24   44
Steve Renko            2   1  5.20   5   5   0   0   0   28   29   17   16    6    4   16
Paul Reuschel          1   2  5.55  24   2   0   0   0   47   61   30   29    9   17   24
Mike Garman            2   4  6.75  22   2   0   1   0   36   48   33   27    3   19   20
Tom Dettore            0   1 10.29   4   0   0   0   0    7   11    8    8    3    2    4
Geoff Zahn             0   1 10.80   3   2   0   0   0    8   16   10   10    0    2    4
Ken Crosby             0   0 12.00   7   1   0   0   0   12   20   16   16    3    8    5

 Cincinnati            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Pat Zachry             5   1  1.33  14   7   2   0   1   68   48   15   10    1   23   51
Don Gullett            5   2  2.09   9   8   3   0   0   52   45   15   12    3   17   33
Gary Nolan             5   3  2.77  13  13   3   0   1   91   71   28   28    9   15   43
Rawly Eastwick         3   3  3.22  23   0   0   6   0   36   35   14   13    1   11   26
Pedro Borbon           0   0  3.90  22   0   0   2   0   30   41   14   13    3    7   10
Santo Alcala           6   1  4.26  11   7   1   0   1   51   42   25   24    3   25   25
Will McEnaney          1   3  4.37  17   0   0   2   0   23   30   13   11    1    8   10
Jack Billingham        5   3  4.58  13  12   2   0   1   75   84   41   38    8   22   28
Fred Norman            3   1  4.75  11   4   1   0   1   36   34   20   19    2   21   22
Pat Darcy              2   3  5.40   8   4   0   2   0   33   31   20   20    2   20   13

 Houston               W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Ken Forsch             1   2  2.00  28   0   0  12   0   45   35   11   10    2   15   22
Paul Siebert           0   2  2.53   9   0   0   0   0   11    9    4    3    0   10    3
Gene Pentz             0   0  2.84   7   0   0   2   0   13   13    4    4    0    4    5
J.R. Richard           7   5  2.95  14  14   3   0   0  104   82   38   34    5   58   69
Joe Niekro             3   6  3.36  15  11   0   0   0   67   66   39   25    3   34   41
Joaquin Andujar        2   2  3.70   9   6   2   0   1   41   33   19   17    2   24   10
Larry Dierker          6   5  3.73  11  11   1   0   1   72   62   33   30    4   31   47
Mike Cosgrove          2   3  4.25  13  10   1   0   1   53   60   31   25    3   33   14
Mike Barlow            2   2  4.50  16   0   0   0   0   22   27   13   11    0   17   11
Tom Griffin            4   1  4.70  14   1   0   0   0   31   31   16   16    3   26   20
Gilberto Rondon        2   1  5.08   8   5   0   0   0   34   38   20   19    5   21    8
Larry Hardy            0   0  7.06  15   0   0   3   0   22   34   19   17    2   10   10
Jose Sosa              0   0  7.36   6   0   0   0   0    7   12    6    6    0    3    5

 Los Angeles           W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Charlie Hough          7   1  2.33  23   0   0   2   0   46   31   14   12    2   28   35
Doug Rau               5   3  2.73  12  12   2   0   1   82   84   26   25    5   26   32
Tommy John             2   4  3.44  11  11   0   0   0   65   73   29   25    2   21   28
Rick Rhoden            4   0  3.50  11  10   3   0   1   64   66   26   25    7   18   25
Burt Hooton            5   5  4.31  12  12   3   0   1   79   82   40   38    7   24   40
Mike Marshall          3   3  4.53  28   0   0   8   0   60   60   32   30    2   24   38
Don Sutton             5   6  4.59  12  12   5   0   2   86   90   46   44   10   27   50
Stan Wall              1   2  5.40  12   0   0   0   0   25   29   15   15    5    5   12
Al Downing             0   1  7.36   8   0   0   0   0   15   21   13   12    1    6   12

 Montreal              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Dale Murray            0   3  3.32  27   0   0   4   0   38   32   16   14    0   15   13
Don Stanhouse          3   2  3.38  12   4   1   1   0   40   34   16   15    0   22   13
Steve Rogers           2   4  3.44  10  10   1   0   1   71   59   32   27    7   25   44
Woodie Fryman          7   3  3.48  11  11   0   0   0   72   77   31   28    6   22   43
Wayne Granger          1   0  3.67  22   0   0   2   0   27   28   12   11    2   13   13
Don Carrithers         2   4  3.83  12   5   0   0   0   47   45   26   20    3   35   23
Dan Warthen            1   5  4.43  10   9   1   0   0   45   37   28   22    4   35   36
Fred Scherman          2   2  4.97  22   0   0   1   0   29   28   18   16    4   11   14
Clay Kirby             0   4  5.45   8   8   0   0   0   33   31   20   20    6   24   19
Steve Renko            0   1  5.54   5   1   0   0   0   13   15    8    8    2    3    4
Steve Dunning          0   1  5.59   3   0   0   0   0   10   11    9    6    1    5    8
Chip Lang              1   0  7.27   5   0   0   0   0    9    6    7    7    1   11    4

 New York              W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Myrick             0   0  0.00   4   0   0   0   0    2    2    0    0    0    1    0
Bob Apodaca            1   3  1.80  16   1   0   0   0   35   27    8    7    1   10   13
Ken Sanders            1   1  1.86  14   0   0   1   0   19   13    4    4    1    6    7
Jon Matlack            7   1  2.41  13  13   8   0   3  101   78   31   27   10   26   59
Skip Lockwood          2   2  2.59  18   0   0   7   0   31   18   10    9    2   16   30
Mickey Lolich          2   8  3.03  12  12   2   0   0   71   76   36   24    3   22   59
Tom Seaver             5   5  3.06  13  13   5   0   2  100   88   35   34    4   35   85
Rick Baldwin           0   0  3.46   5   0   0   0   0   13   12    5    5    0    8    5
Jerry Koosman          6   3  3.52  11  10   2   0   0   72   73   30   28    6   16   42
Hank Webb              0   1  4.50   8   0   0   0   0   16   17    9    8    2    7    7
Craig Swan             2   6  4.73   9   9   1   0   1   53   56   35   28    6   19   39
Tom Hall               1   1  5.79   5   0   0   0   0    5    5    3    3    0    5    2

 Philadelphia          W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Jim Lonborg            8   2  2.59  12  11   5   1   1   83   78   27   24    5   19   44
Gene Garber            1   1  2.72  20   0   0   5   0   36   34   12   11    1   13   34
Larry Christenson      7   2  2.77  11  10   2   0   0   65   66   22   20    4   19   24
Wayne Twitchell        0   0  3.12   4   0   0   0   0    9   10    4    3    0    4    9
Tug McGraw             4   3  3.27  19   0   0   4   0   33   31   14   12    2   12   29
Jim Kaat               4   2  3.50  12  11   3   0   0   72   78   33   28    6   10   38
Ron Reed               5   1  3.92  17   2   1   0   0   39   34   18   17    3   12   27
Steve Carlton          5   3  4.04  12  12   5   0   1   82   80   38   37    7   21   51
Tom Underwood          2   1  4.20  11   5   1   1   0   30   30   14   14    3   10   14
Ron Schueler           0   0  5.79   8   0   0   1   0    9   13    7    6    1    1    7

 Pittsburgh            W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bob Moose              2   1  1.33  16   0   0   6   0   27   18    4    4    0    6   14
Bruce Kison            4   4  3.45  11  10   2   0   0   63   59   31   24    5   19   27
Jim Rooker             6   3  3.49  10  10   3   0   0   67   63   28   26    6   24   25
John Candelaria        4   4  3.50  10   9   4   1   1   64   51   29   25   10   17   45
Kent Tekulve           0   1  3.86  18   0   0   0   0   26   31   11   11    0    7   22
Doc Medich             4   5  3.98  12  12   2   0   0   81   77   37   36    6   28   41
Dave Giusti            0   0  4.09  15   0   0   3   0   22   23   13   10    3    8    7
Jerry Reuss            6   5  4.15  11  11   5   0   0   82   83   44   38    9   21   41
Larry Demery           2   1  4.41  14   2   0   1   0   35   37   20   17    3   12   20
Ramon Hernandez        1   1  4.62  16   0   0   2   0   25   25   13   13    3   11   13

 San Diego             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Butch Metzger          4   0  1.21  22   0   0   6   0   37   29    7    5    0   10   23
Dave Freisleben        4   1  1.44   5   4   3   0   3   31   30    5    5    1    9   13
Alan Foster            1   2  2.04  13   3   1   0   0   40   28   10    9    2   17    9
Randy Jones           11   2  2.26  14  14  10   0   2  115   95   36   29    6   15   37
Dan Spillner           1   6  3.53  17   7   0   0   0   59   60   33   23    5   28   30
Brent Strom            6   4  3.78  15  13   2   0   1   79   69   38   33    6   28   38
Ken Reynolds           0   1  4.50   7   2   0   0   0   12   13    9    6    0    4    6
Rich Folkers           1   1  4.81  14   1   0   0   0   24   27   13   13    3   11   12
Dave Tomlin            0   0  5.91  19   0   0   0   0   21   22   14   14    2    8   11
Dave Wehrmeister       0   4  7.45   7   4   0   0   0   19   27   17   16    0   11   10
Bill Greif             1   3  8.06   5   5   0   0   0   22   27   20   20    2   11    5
Mike Dupree            0   0  9.19  12   0   0   0   0   16   18   17   16    4    7    5

 San Francisco         W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Gary Lavelle           2   3  1.79  26   0   0   7   0   45   43   12    9    2   16   26
Charlie Williams       0   0  2.01  19   0   0   0   0   31   23    8    7    0   16    9
Randy Moffitt          3   2  2.72  24   0   0   3   0   40   36   20   12    2   17   13
Jim Barr               4   4  2.90  13  13   1   0   0   84   90   35   27    3   18   27
John Montefusco        6   5  2.92  13  13   2   0   2   89   77   31   29    3   30   63
Rob Dressler           1   3  4.21   5   5   0   0   0   26   32   17   12    0   10    6
Dave Heaverlo          2   0  4.33  27   0   0   0   0   35   41   25   17    1    5   19
Mike Caldwell          0   4  4.41  16   8   0   0   0   51   69   38   25    4    9   23
Greg Minton            0   3  4.91  10   2   0   0   0   26   32   18   14    0   12    7
Ed Halicki             4   9  4.94  14  13   2   0   1   75   82   46   41    6   31   46
John D'Acquisto        0   2  8.57   9   3   0   0   0   21   19   21   20    3   27   13

 St. Louis             W   L   ERA   G  GS  CG  SV  SHO  IP    H    R   ER   HR   BB   SO
Bill Greif             0   0  0.00   9   0   0   0   0   10    3    1    0    0    2    2
Eddie Solomon          0   0  0.00   1   0   0   0   0    3    3    0    0    0    2    0
Mike Wallace           1   1  1.82  21   0   0   1   0   30   24    7    6    1   18   16
Al Hrabosky            3   4  3.19  26   0   0   6   0   42   33   17   15    4   16   31
Bob Forsch             1   2  3.41  12  12   0   0   0   66   66   31   25    4   25   31
Lynn McGlothen         5   5  3.58  12  12   4   0   1   73   84   33   29    5   24   29
Mike Proly             1   0  3.71  14   0   0   0   0   17   21    9    7    0    6    4
John Curtis            4   5  3.93  14   9   2   0   1   71   80   32   31    7   30   24
John Denny             2   4  3.94  10  10   1   0   0   62   70   32   27    5   18   21
Danny Frisella         0   0  3.97  18   0   0   1   0   23   19   10   10    3   13   11
Pete Falcone           3   5  4.02  11  11   2   0   0   65   56   33   29    2   28   43
Eric Rasmussen         3   5  4.19  22   0   0   0   0   39   38   20   18    3   20   21

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League Leaders

Wins:

  R. Jones (SD)            11
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          8
  L. Christenson (PHI)      7
  W. Fryman (MON)           7
  C. Hough (LA)             7
  J. Matlack (NY)           7
  J. Richard (HOU)          7
  S. Alcala (CIN)           6
  L. Dierker (HOU)          6
  J. Koosman (NY)           6

Losses:

  E. Halicki (SF)           9
  R. Burris (CHI)           8
  M. Lolich (NY)            8
  J. Niekro (HOU)           6
  D. Ruthven (ATL)          6
  D. Spillner (SD)          6
  D. Sutton (LA)            6
  C. Swan (NY)              6
  J. Curtis (STL)           5
  L. Dierker (HOU)          5

Complete Games:

  R. Jones (SD)            10
  J. Matlack (NY)           8
  S. Carlton (PHI)          5
  J. Lonborg (PHI)          5
  J. Reuss (PIT)            5
  T. Seaver (NY)            5
  D. Sutton (LA)            5
  J. Candelaria (PIT)       4
  L. McGlothen (STL)        4
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      4

Saves:

  K. Forsch (HOU)          12
  M. Marshall (LA)          8
  G. Lavelle (SF)           7
  S. Lockwood (NY)          7
  R. Eastwick (CIN)         6
  A. Hrabosky (STL)         6
  B. Metzger (SD)           6
  B. Moose (PIT)            6
  G. Garber (PHI)           5
  D. Knowles (CHI)          5

Shutouts:

  D. Freisleben (SD)        3
  J. Matlack (NY)           3
  A. Messersmith (ATL)      3
  R. Jones (SD)             2
  J. Montefusco (SF)        2
  T. Seaver (NY)            2
  D. Sutton (LA)            2
  S. Alcala (CIN)           1
  J. Andujar (HOU)          1
  J. Billingham (CIN)       1

Innings Pitched:

  R. Jones (SD)         115.1
  J. Richard (HOU)      103.2
  J. Matlack (NY)       100.2
  T. Seaver (NY)        100.0
  G. Nolan (CIN)         91.0
  J. Montefusco (SF)     89.1
  A. Messersmith (ATL)   88.0
  D. Sutton (LA)         86.1
  P. Niekro (ATL)        85.0
  R. Reuschel (CHI)      85.0

Hits:

  R. Burris (CHI)          96
  R. Jones (SD)            95
  J. Barr (SF)             90
  D. Sutton (LA)           90
  C. Morton (ATL)          88
  T. Seaver (NY)           88
  R. Reuschel (CHI)        86
  J. Billingham (CIN)      84
  L. McGlothen (STL)       84
  D. Rau (LA)              84

Runs:

  R. Reuschel (CHI)        50
  R. Burris (CHI)          47
  C. Morton (ATL)          47
  E. Halicki (SF)          46
  D. Sutton (LA)           46
  J. Reuss (PIT)           44
  J. Billingham (CIN)      41
  B. Hooton (LA)           40
  J. Niekro (HOU)          39
  P. Niekro (ATL)          39

Home Runs:

  J. Candelaria (PIT)      10
  J. Matlack (NY)          10
  D. Sutton (LA)           10
  G. Nolan (CIN)            9
  P. Reuschel (CHI)         9
  J. Reuss (PIT)            9
  J. Billingham (CIN)       8
  R. Burris (CHI)           8
  S. Renko (CHI)            8
  R. Reuschel (CHI)         8

Walks:

  J. Richard (HOU)         58
  R. Burris (CHI)          35
  D. Carrithers (MON)      35
  T. Seaver (NY)           35
  D. Warthen (MON)         35
  J. Niekro (HOU)          34
  M. Cosgrove (HOU)        33
  P. Niekro (ATL)          33
  B. Bonham (CHI)          32
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     32

Strikeouts:

  T. Seaver (NY)           85
  J. Richard (HOU)         69
  A. Messersmith (ATL)     63
  J. Montefusco (SF)       63
  M. Lolich (NY)           59
  J. Matlack (NY)          59
  P. Niekro (ATL)          58
  S. Carlton (PHI)         51
  P. Zachry (CIN)          51
  D. Ruthven (ATL)         50

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